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Mooring system engineering for offshore structures /
The mooring system is a vital component of various floating facilities in the oil, gas, and renewables industries. However, there is a lack of comprehensive technical books dedicated to the subject. 'Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures' is the first book delivering in-depth...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
Gulf Professional Publishing,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Mooring System Engineering for Offshore Structures; Copyright Page; Contents; Biographies; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview; 1.2 History of offshore mooring; 1.2.1 Floating drilling-rapid growth in the 1960s and 1970s; 1.2.2 Floating production-deepwater boom in 2000s; 1.2.3 Technologies-enabling the migration to deeper water; 1.2.4 Industry standards-multiple codes needing harmonization; 1.3 Floating drilling enabled by mooring; 1.3.1 Drilling semi; 1.3.2 Drillship; 1.3.3 Tender-assisted drilling (TAD); 1.4 Floating production enabled by mooring
- 1.4.1 Tension-leg platform (TLP)1.4.2 Semisubmersible (semi); 1.4.3 Spar; 1.4.4 FPSO and FSO; 1.4.5 Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring (CALM) buoy; 1.5 Differences between drilling and production; 1.6 Floating wind turbine; 1.7 Questions; References; 2 Types of mooring systems; 2.1 Overview; 2.1.1 Temporary versus permanent moorings; 2.1.2 Catenary versus taut leg moorings; 2.1.3 Spread versus single-point moorings; 2.2 Spread mooring system; 2.2.1 Equally-spread versus clustered-spread moorings; 2.3 Single-point mooring system; 2.3.1 Internal turret mooring system
- 2.3.2 External turret mooring system2.3.3 Disconnectable turret mooring system; 2.4 Other types of single-point mooring system; 2.4.1 Tower yoke mooring system; 2.4.2 Catenary anchor leg mooring system; 2.5 Dynamic positioning and thruster-assisted systems; 2.5.1 Dynamic positioning system; 2.5.2 Thruster-assisted mooring system; 2.6 Questions; References; 3 Environmental loads and vessel motions; 3.1 Loads on floating structures; 3.1.1 Mooring system to resist environmental loads; 3.1.2 Site-specific environmental data; 3.1.3 Loads in different frequency ranges; 3.2 Wind load
- 3.2.1 Description of winds3.2.2 Wind-induced forces; 3.3 Wave load and vessel motions; 3.3.1 Description of waves and swells; 3.3.2 Wave-induced forces and motions; 3.4 Current load and vortex-induced motion; 3.4.1 Description of currents; 3.4.2 Current-induced forces and vortex-induced motion; 3.5 Ice load; 3.5.1 Description of ices; 3.5.2 Ice-induced forces and ice management; 3.6 Other topics on environment loads; 3.6.1 Directional combination of wind, waves, and current; 3.6.2 Sensitivity study on wave period; 3.6.3 Wave-current interaction; 3.7 Questions; References; 4 Mooring design
- 4.1 Design basis4.1.1 Gather input data; 4.2 Design process; 4.2.1 Select mooring system type; 4.2.2 Determine the profile (catenary or taut leg); 4.2.3 Design the mooring pattern; 4.2.4 Design the mooring line composition; 4.2.5 Optimize the mooring design; 4.3 Design considerations; 4.3.1 Limiting vessel offset; 4.3.2 Minimizing line tension; 4.3.3 Reducing fatigue damage accumulation; 4.3.4 Avoiding clash or interference; 4.4 Design criteria; 4.4.1 Design codes; 4.4.2 Vessel offset requirement; 4.4.3 Strength design criteria; 4.4.4 Fatigue design criteria; 4.4.5 Operability requirement